The Best Pet Reptile REVEALED!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- We have long been attempting to figure out which is the best pet snake, lizard, crocodilian, bird etcetera. But which is the best pet reptile of them all? We put dinosaurs against turtles against lizards against snakes against crocodilians against tortoises to determine which is the best pet reptile of them all. It has all been leading up to this! Who do you think will win?
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I really like the format of this, have you considered doing it again for other groups, or even individual families in these larger groups. Like What Are The Best Pet Lizards where you compare all the different commonly kept families like skinks, monitors, geckos, iguanas, chameleons, and probably others?
I am starting to think about something like that. This was a lot of fun!
I would love to see the big categories broken up and scored. Snakes is very broad...but broken up by humidity or venomous or some other way and then ranked by the 11 zones :) would be awesome.
Pythons are a lifestyle (size, enclosure size) v. Cornsnakes are more accessories
@@ClintsReptiles would love to see this kind of videos
@@kellyb980 There are pythons that are smaller than some colubrids. And some colubirds with high metabolisms (like Eastern Indigo snakes) eat and poop alot so require more care than many pythons.
@@kellyb980 No animal should ever be considered an accessory.
everyone is like “dog person” or “cat person”. but actually…bird people are all crazy to some degree. I’ve never seen a casual bird-owner 👀😂
Birds are so demanding that it takes a certain kind of dedication to keep them, and that can seem crazy to non-bird people. :) No offense to bird owners, but you couldn't pay me to have one. I struggle with cat care LOL!
@@yzettasmith4194 yes. I love birds but the care is next level. I couldn’t handle the NOISE. It’s like. My cats are “too loud” for me sometimes, I couldn’t manage a Macaw yelling at 6 AM demanding to be showered or something. I once saw a video of a green parrot that mimicked Sia’s Chandelier, and he didn’t stop. He repeated the chorus for the whole video 😂 How do you handle that?
@@lupine.spirit
The noise you can train, having a loud bird is like having a non-house broken dog, a choice.
@@boglenight1551 Why don’t people train their birds then? I mean…okay I don’t know that many people personally but the birds online are always so loud. Like, do you know Tyler Nolan? His Macaw had him get into neighborhood troubles.
And the one person I know who has two grey parrots also just encourages them when they yell and I’m sitting there with clinging ears 😂 I can handle a barking dog, but that? It is so high pitched it hurts 🥲 Definitely a lifestyle choice. But hey, I have horses, and I doubt there is any other animal that comes with that level of lifestyle choice. Horse people are not even human anymore 😂 We can’t even hide it
@@lupine.spirit
I’d argue that horse people are the most human of all, humanity grew up on the back of a horse.
As for people not training their birds, they either don’t know how or they don’t care enough to do so.
“My goodness, if you are being eaten by tortoises, you aren’t safe anywhere.” If there is a Clint Classic Quote Collection, and there should be, this one should have a place in it.
Never would’ve guessed turtles take 2nd place. Whenever I think of them I can’t get over the water maintenance. Love seeing them in the wild and in other peoples collections, but never something I’d want to take on. Snakes ftw.
I came over from Snake Discovery, and I'm definitely staying. Gotta love the personality!
I really want a corn snake, unfortunately I live with my parents and my mother is afraid of snakes and I don't think she's getting over that any time soon. Interesting to know about turtles! I'll watch more of your videos on them and I think that maybe possible since they're my mom's favourite animal.
I was persuaded to not get a parrot ever today when I saw the tik tok where someone's parrot was repeating things they had said during sex.
similar issue with a friend of a friends bird. Had to be sent away since it kept on calling people feckers amongst everything else on the grand list of Irish curse words.
Whats worse is that he was a bit violent too before he started calling people feckers but it was hilarious hearing "FECKER" while being chased down a hall by a tiny bright green and orange bird
I laughed so much at the “if you get eaten by a tortoise, you weren’t safe anywhere”. Absolute comedy gold.
Loved this! Maybe add fish, mammals and insects into it that would be interesting 🤔
Love this video!
Agree on all it the end. Torts should be ahead of crocs.
the real reptile rumble
This was really neat!
I think a category should be scaryness. Cause my family won't let me get a snake
Clint! You forgot plants. They don't make noise, some you don't have to feed for months at a time or water. And you don't have poop to clean up🤣🌱
How would rank those "honorary reptiles," frogs/toads?
Now i just want a dinosaur aka birds because of you and they are very very very friendly.
Gigachad Crocs dont want to be pets, theyre fine being ruleless lol
Guess why I have no birds. Although Agapornides stay on my mind.
My opinion is snakes>lizards>tortoises>turtles>birds>crocidilians but I respect the outcome and like the evaluation system
I know balls are the big thing right now, and I have had some, but as far as fun to handle, overall health, and ease of care, I give it to the Boa Constrictor every time.
“My god, If you’re eaten by tortoises, you really weren’t safe anywhere.”
I rolled 🤣
🐊?
I recently watched a video where a tortoise "attacked" and ate a young bird. It reminded me of when Austin Powers ran over a guy with a roller/ compactor machine. (Obviously it wasn't a "steam roller" as people like to call it. Using a steam powered roller in Dr Evil's underground lair would be totally unbelievable.)
Thus making you a crocodilian, right ?
@@johngarry3723 I identify as a crocodile actually so yes 😅🤣
and "turtles cant even reach their own body. if you were bitten by a turtle, you're doing it wrong" LMFAO
Congratulations on getting your PHD!! Just noticed now your intro states "PHD" instead of "MS" as in previous videos, I could be really late on noticing, but i figured I'd congratulate you! Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm, interest and knowledge and all of the time and effort you put into your content. Perfect channel
Thank you so much!
Clint's "woo" at the snake score was so precious 😂
He reminds me of my favorite high school biology teacher. One class that I would never think of skipping!
Go snakes!
Great job! Snakes would have been my pick for best reptile family. They are wonderful pets all around. I've got to say, I'm surprised at turtles being #2. I had a couple of yellow-bellied sliders that we had to re-home when we moved back to Canada from the US. They were very sweet and I loved them a lot, but they were so much work to take care of properly - giant indoor pond, 2 big filters, and poop... so much poop!
Wish they weren't so fun to feed, lol. Especially the snappers. It may be fun watching sliders frenzy on a frozen bloodworm cube, or watch a snapper stalk minnows, but you certainly pay for it in cleanup later.
Yeah, having a RES as a kid-teen-adult made me not want another turtle because of the difficulty of keeping the water clear
I knew snakes would win when I read the title for the first video 😁🐍
His words say "which is the best pet?" But his eyes say "I love all of them with my whole heart"
They're all his favorites, and they're all stinkin' rad!
Clint: suggests that birds are more obnoxious then crocs
Me: remembers all the times Rex flooded Emily's guestroom by turning into a living death roll car wash.
Admit it Clint you just felt sorry for crocidilians.
Well at least Rex doesn't scream while doing this lmfao
My absolute favorite episode of Snake Discovery was when we got to see Rex go supersonic while death rolling her jolly ball and then passing out for 16 hours XD
@@dragonwithamonocle Spying on our Pet Alligator was such a great video and I still laugh every time I rewatch it!
@@ДарьяМайер-ъ3и that would be hellish but kinda funny if you could escape from it.
Now you need to do amphibians, with categories like, "Frogs that aren't Toads, Toads, Salamanders that aren't newts, Newts, Aquatic Caecilians, and Fossorial Caecilians".
Wait what? I am not aware about the last two!?
Found it. These are really ugly amphibian snakes.
Do Olms go in the “salamanders that aren’t newts” category?
Clint, you should totally host a reptile themed "Jeopardy" show. Something to do when hanging out with other reptile nerds?
Omg...that would be so much fun! I say Kevin, Brian and Chandler
Reptiles! the trivia game show
I would be so into this!!
@@maryann350 I’iillu I
We need Emily and Ed there
"If you're being eaten by tortoises, you're not safe anywhere..."
It's rare that I legitimately laugh, I had a good laugh at this. Lol...
tortoises are like toddlers 😂 they'll try eating anything at least once, up to and including toes. thank god mine's small enough that he can't actually manage it lol
I'm really surprised that turtles took the silver over lizards. I have a hard time picking between snakes and lizards (probably why I have both), but my interest in keeping other reptiles drops off a decent amount after that. Clint, you should have one more category: "Will my in-laws think in nuts for having this?"
I know I jave some in-laes one my wife's side that are deeply religious and think all snakes are evil. Personally, I want to slap them with a Bible verse from the second half of the Bible. I forgot where this verse is, but it goes along the lines of God telling one of the disciples "since when is anything that I have made unclean" in order to signal that it was time to start spreading the word to the gentiles.
@@porakiyadraekojin3390 Just a thought, maybe mention the verse of Isaiah 11:8, which describes children playing around snakes in heaven.
@@Silverstar2000 that......is gold right there XD
Lol screw the in-laws. Reptile keepers are natural rebels. Unless we’re talking about trying to keep them away… get a croc! Lol unless your family’s from the bayou like where I’m from hahahha
I have a lizard now, but the iguana I had as a child I had to rehome eventually. Didn't do a great job with my turtle, but it was easier to manage, so we were able to keep it through it's life. Some lizards just need too much space, so I can get them being lower.
this was great, I got really invested in the outcome. and I was not disappointed
Oh, swell. Our leopard gecko will kvetch about lizards getting bronze for weeks! Of course, she’s convinced that SHE is the best pet reptile, and, luckily for her, my husband and I are inclined to agree! Thanks! 🙏 This was great.
This is the way science is done. And this is the way scientists do it. If the evidence points to something, it doesn’t matter what the biases of the scientists are, the data drives results.
This was a great series, Clint!
Wish more people understood that!
The result is pre-baked first in the choice of categories themselves and then in the choice of place, both of which are extremely subjective. And ranking all categories equally is a choice, too. When the data is subjective and questionable, so are the results. It's fun as a game, but seriously considering it good science is going too far.
@dumu pad3-da
I agree with you 200%. The method of deduction seems scientific in that it’s empirical by definition, but there’s no way something that is subjective in nature like this could ever be a true science. The technicalities of love and care for another living thing are always going to be an art. That’s not to say that I don’t think the list is fair, because I do, but calling this a science in earnest is where you need to draw the line. I think Clint’s just too proud of his university degrees.
@@dumupad3-da241 Really?! Of course I know that. I was making a general observation about the way science is done. I never clarified it as “good” science like you said. So many people nowadays don’t even trust the scientific method and I just wanted to acknowledge that science and facts don’t care about feelings. People can be so pedantic.
Lol “are you going to kill this thing” yup you probably are lol
As much of a lizard guy I Am, I gotta agree with the results. My one snake is crazy easy even compared to my low maintenance lizards. Awesome vid as always keep them coming.
Having been woken up by a pair of tortoises in a hostle in Athens a few years back I agree, once they pick a lane they will not care about whatever table or chair is in their way😅
btw these tortoises were named John and Kevin, pretty sure they lived in the garden of the hostle but someone(probs my drunk roomates) let them loose and they went roaming around the place until Kevin the smallest got caught in between a table and a chair and was adamant he could bust through it in a century or so
And you know what in that time with dedication Im sure he could! Compact living bulldozers
Birds are good pets, the same way that horses are good pets. With birds especially psittacidae, on top of the biological needs, people need to consider the social and intellectual needs, otherwise they get bored and start self mutilation. These birds, even the smallest species, parrotlet have neuronal densities that are higher than apes, and that is quite hard to keep satisfied in captivity. In a perfect world with no deforestation, chimps and parrots should be free.
The smallest species of parrot is the parakeet.
@@shadowsinmymind9 The smallest species commonly called a parakeet is probably the Buedgerigar and they are comparable in weight to a Pacific Parrotlet-both being around 30g at the lower end. The average parrotlet is certainly shorter in length than your average budgie thanks to the budgerigar's tail. In any case, it's certainly close enough not to warrant a "correction" … either could reasonably be considered the smallest (and certainly among the smallest) of companion parrot species.
@@Psittacus_erithacus I wasn't trying to correct. I was just adding that budgies are considered the smallest parrot as well, and compared to other parrots are very easy to keep and do not make a lot of loud sounds, such as other parrots do
Me - "This is bullshit birds are clearly the best"
Also me, covered in wire cuts from building a 12x12 foot birdhouse today.
I'm surprised turtles scored so highly. I was almost sure that the water requirements would have them score lower. This was a great video set. Thanks!
Great channel, great series! Rating the "best" pet is a ridiculous idea on its face of course, but the fact that you know that, embrace it and use the clickable premise to deliver genuine insight and extremely useful advice all while being a top notch ambassador for both animal husbandry and science is … well it's damn impressive. The charisma and humor are icing that round out a truly exceptional cake. Fantastic work by the whole team, much appreciated.
I would’ve picked lizards just because of their personality. But I’m not angry at the list I love all my snakes
Agreed. My Ackies and beardies are orders of magnitude more entertaining and fun than my snakes. And, they are a lot less intimidating to new handlers. Everyone wants to hold our ackies but only those who are more experienced and like snakes are interested in handling them.
This was such a cool video idea; I loved this! I called snakes being the winner, but I was wrong about birds. In hindsight it makes sense: they're a lot more fun and personable than the others, but they're definitely a lot more work.
I totally agree,but the fun and entertainment factor for birds is just astounding.
Work isn’t a downside and I resent that it is. 😂
This second half was a surprisingly agonising wait for someone who doesn't have a reptile in the race (yet... one day...one day, and it will be Dr Clint's fault), and Clint's reaction at hearing the snake's score was pure joy. Best of all though, has been hearing more of Clint's thought processes, rather than just the end results, more of this please! Extra point just for Michelle's adorable "aww" at hearing the tortoise's result, I feel like we might have under valued a personal favourite perhaps? Actually, could we hear from the other member's of the team about their favourites and why? It'd be nice to have faces, and stories, to put to the voices that feel like friends already!
I am by no means an expert, but this ranking seems fair. It really doesn’t get much more reasonable than snakes-as long as you don’t mind having rodents in your freezer and a legless vertebrate in your house, of course. That said I think lizards deserve second place. I’ve never owned either, but I think their personalities and lack of constant water changes put them above turtles.
I think inverts would pretty pretty neat as a group too (spiders, scorpions, etc). I enjoy taking care of a 8 legged cactus.
agreed, I love keeping jumping spiders
8 legged Cactus? Are you referring to a Rose Hair or other T who can flick irritating hairs? Asking as someone with a Rose Hair who won't hesitate to do EXACTLY that if you dare mess around in her tank too much.^^'
Blew Dr. Pepper out of my nose at "If you're eaten by tortoises, you aren't safe anywhere."
I’d say chickens are the best dinosaur! They give you more meat if you eat them. They reproduce faster. And they’ll give you eggs to eat daily. Great video bro!
I'm so glad you added the 11th category! I have some sensory issues and can't handle loud, obnoxious pets. I will definitely be holding off on getting a tortoise until I can live somewhere it can be in an outdoor enclosure 24/7!
This list (and your channel, let's be honest) just make me want a snake that much more!! 💜
Loved this series Clint!
“But don’t do this to them!” Unfortunately, I wish people genuinely didn’t need to hear that…
having kept turtles and tortoises I feel like turtles are way more smelly, and there's nothing more obnoxious than the fact that a crocodilian can and may try to eat you lol. I think tortoises would be a 3 for me on the loud/smelly/obnoxious scale, with turtles, birds, and crocodilians taking 4-6 xD
As a Russian (not Russian) Tortoise owner, I'm happy with the results that tortoises got. I was a little worried there for a bit. I'm pretty lucky that my little guy understands glass barriers and doesn't bang around all the time.
I think one of the best parts of this channel is you can see and hear the influence of having been in a lab, having had experiments ongoing, and that kind of giddy obsession of trying to predict what your trends are gonna look like.
Even though snakes are the winners, it's in my personal experience working at a pet store that turtles and lizards are more popular. People don't think they're "gross" as often unfortunately
Dude intire video spoiled... The comment automatically popped up under the video... Didn't even open the comment section Coudn't you put a spoiler warning infront of it?
@@AllosaurusJP3 oops
@@AllosaurusJP3 come on just dont read it ahaha need every thing baby proofed?
I think that's ignorance and incorrect preconceptions though. Which is exactly why doing a list like this is revealing, because it isn't influenced by those. I really wish people would learn more about snakes though, rather than just going 'ugghh.'
@@lukaslefevre8007 No its not him i completely agree with him but its the damn youtube system... I had the same problem and it completely sucks... It ruined the reveal of it... But it was not the person commenting's fault!
That's about what I expected! Very fun video! I like your added category, important addition lol. I've always said bird people are a little crazy. No shade meant, you just have to be to put up with everything! 😄
As a shy lonely person, I loved the “ noise” my parakeet made. He was also gorgeous and I found his care kinda easy. No smell at all other then his food, but his cage bottom was cleaned every day. It only took like 10 min to clean, and watching him fly was amazing.
I think that's the thing though, different things on this list are going to matter more or less to different people. For me, the fact that a pet is likely to outlive me would almost certainly be a deal breaker, but for someone who had a relative or friend that was happy to take the animal when they passed on and and the skill and knowledge to take good care of it, it might not be an issue at all. I think the only animal that comes out of this list as a definitively bad pet is a crocodilian, which is no surprise. I remember an animal rescuer saying that almost any animal could be a good pet, for the right person, but some animals would have far fewer "right people" than others. I think that's what this list illustrates quite well.
Yeah, parakeets are very easy
"cute little bulldozers" is the most blessed description of tortoises I've ever heard
"Crocodilians don't appear to even want to be pets!"
To be honest, I don't think they know they ARE pets..!
As for loud, smelly or obnoxious: I have a Hermann tortoise and he shares my room with me. He wakes up around 8am on the dot, and begins his morning by walking the perimeter of his table, which makes a scratching noise; but if I'm not already awake, it's not loud enough to wake me. Absolutely NO smell, just spot clean when needed, anyway. Obnoxious? Pffft he's a tortoise, of course not.
There is a history of a family that had an accumulator in it. When he died, people started to throw his stuff away and that's how they found out that their lost tortoise was alive amidst the mess
I have never been so inspired by someone's enthusiasm for reptiles! People like Clint are why I got into snake keeping.
I love how much fun Clint is having with this! I wanna see more vids like this.
Having kept birds, snakes, and lizards, snakes are definitely the easiest to care for by far. Of course I think my beardie is far more fun to interact with and can't wait until I have the space to get chickens again.
Same here!
I can definitely see something like a Sulcata potentially being pretty obnoxious, but most tortoises are way smaller than that (and consequently much less obtrusive). I used to have a Red-Eared Slider, and my wife and I now take care of a Sonoran Desert Tortoise (they aren't technically "owned"; it's complicated). Personally, I think the various hassles associated with maintaining water quality are way more obnoxious than anything Alex has ever done.
Granted, Alex lives outside and I have a yard-sized enclave of the Sonoran Desert that handles basically all the upkeep for me; I suppose it's not really a fair comparison.
Snakes are the one reptile I won't likely ever have. Don't want to feed them fellow mammals but I have no problem feeding bugs to lizards or weeds to tortoises. Russian Tortoise seems to love dandelion. I think tortoises would make the best reptiles as pets. Despite their longevity, if you ever run low on food all you have to do is step outside and pick some weeds.
(I love all reptiles, don't underestimate my love for snakes) I really hoped that tortoises would win this. But it's ok, i also like snakes(specially the rosy)
They live too long so you can't really guarantee your pets health for a significant portion of it's life.
@@Ushio01 well actually some live only till 30, 40 and 50 wuth a manageable size.
Arrgh I had a feeling snakes would take the day. It's true about birds being loud and obnoxious I desperately love my 18-year-old green wing macaw but she's become a bit of a nightmare during covid her excessive demands for constant companionship unless entertained by the Disney Channel are not delightful when one is trying to nap or sleep or really do anything that requires hearing or peacefulness.
I do feel that my lovely ornate Uromastyx should have been in a special category entitled something such as: 🌟Extraordinary Examples Of Each Category' 🌟 because while his lighting is excessive (it can be put on a timer) he's super easy to clean up after because nothing even gets the chance to rot or smell in there it's so hot it just dries within seconds (no water equals a very very little chance for bacteria) and he just eats salads. basically he's super chill, friendly, beautiful to look at , tolerates being picked by multiple children and loves coming out to run up and down the hall or just hang out with me. He even enjoys the cat. ❤️
I'm honestly surprised lizards scored in the place they did.
Yeah, im trying to convince my husband that we need to get our daughter a blue tongued or pink tongued skink. She gets really excited seeing the native blue tailed skinks here. She has autism but isnt scared of reptiles, her daddy isnt a fan though. He will dodge me when i try to show him anything i catch. But my love is the three toed box turtle. We have some here in texas that have orange spots sometimes beautiful shells. They vary, but the last one i saw was upside down at a intersection. He had a scuff on the bottom of his shell but was moving around so i just let him back out.
if the "joy of handling" were changed to "joy of interacting," I definitely think that tortoises would have scored higher. My family has had sulcatas for ~20 years. having them come to and follow you, scratching their shell and necks, picking dandelions to feed them as a little kid, using them as waste disposal when weeding the garden, luring them around with treats, all very fun ways to interact with a large tortoise that Clint said is too big *to handle.*
Sorry Clint, but as someone who's kept both birds and lizards and knows people who've kept other reptiles except crocodilians, I feel like you're being *extremely* unfair to birds in this video, to the point I almost wonder if you decided to err on the side of underrating after the last video showed birds in the lead.
Birds are definitely the losers on shorter trips, due to the fact that some birds people do keep eat only fruit, and these include mynahs and toucans, which while not common as pets, are definitely kept as pets. However if a bird is eating a mainly pelleted diet and you have a drinking setup that makes it hard for them to foul their water, it's easy to leave parrots, doves, poultry, and most songbirds for two days. And longer-term, it's easier to find someone to care for birds, even cleaning the cages, than someone who will feed live bugs, much less get bugs for you from a colony or a pet store, or someone who will do water changes.
For lifespan, I think it's far less common for bird owners to keep the large parrots that can live half a century or more than lizard owners to keep groups like chameleons. Most bird owners I know keep either smaller parrots, which live 15-35 years, or poultry, which generally live a bit longer than chameleons while being a lot hardier. Even finches, with the same lifespan as chameleons, tend to live out their natural lives.
For hardiness, yes birds tend to die quickly if you don't feed them or they get a severe infection, but if you make sure to feed them every day, birds are on average considerably hardier than lizards. I've never known a bird to go off food to the point of starving itself to death, whereas I know of lzards and snakes that do that. The other thing highlighted to me by people's experiences last winter is that, if your house loses power in inclimate weather, some lizards and snakes can be rapidly killed by extreme heat and most by extreme cold. I've never met a bird owner who lost an indoor bird due to a power outage. I will admit, however, that budgies, which are a live fast, die young sort of species in the wild despite having the capacity to live past fifteen, are probably the least hardy bird species I've known anyone to keep as a pet. If you're basing this standard on the average birds people keep birds would loose a lot of points just based on the sheer popularity of budgies.
For lifestyleness, my friend pointed out that, if you get a parrot, or many other birds, they need significant daily interaction. I don't even think of this as a lifestyle commitment, but it's a fair point. However, kept in groups, doves, finches/canaries, and poultry don't require interaction. Even parrots don't require interaction when kept in groups, if you don't care if they remain friendly towards you. You also don't need any sort of specialized electrical setup to keep any bird I know of. But, aside from it being easier to find a sitter, reptiles, especially snakes, are much more likely to affect where you can live. Most birds people commonly keep won't seriously affect where you can live. You can keep many parrots, doves, finches, and quail in an apartment, and it's typically much easier to find a rental that will allow birds than reptiles, especially when bird people tend to have fewer birds than reptile keepers. Homeowner's associations typically restrict many or all reptiles while explicitly allowing at least parrots and finches, and city bylaws typically restrict crocodilians and snakes, as well as poultry (often with an exception for hens for eggs) and excessively noisy animals (and don't keep a cockatoo outdoors in the suburbs). Unless you specifically want outdoor birds, it'll be a lot easier to find a house with birds than reptiles, especially snakes.
I’m so glad you didn’t let birds win 😆
I mean they’re a lot of work and it’s a life style. I was a little upset cuz in the first video, they seemed to win snakes. Birds can’t be just fed some seeds and colored pallets. They need a fairly complicated diet and we need to make salad for them like we do for bearded dragons(even more complicated than beardies). Although they’re more interactive and a lot smarter than other reptiles, snakes are a way better choice for busy people! So, Yay snakes! 🥰🐍
it's good that there's no "cool factor" because if there was then dinosaurs would win every time.
omg I've received the "measuring snake" tale like 2 times in my life! Once in an email chain (like 10 years ago lol) and a couple years ago via Whatsapp. It's sooo absurd and ridiculous 🤣💀🐍
I have experience with most of these, and I wholeheartedly agree with the results.
This said, I would choose my chickens over my snakes as pets in a heartbeat if I could only keep one or the other, but chickens DO need much more specialized care. They are ungodly filthy, even the hens are louder than some bullhorns, they eat a lot, and they are much more expensive to keep.
Chickens do give something concrete in return if you keep hens. That mitigates the care requirements somewhat. Not to undermine the value of pure joy people get from other pets, mind you. :)
You can automate care significantly if you use timed feeder/waters and other farm supplies developed for an actual agricultural setting. (I do everything by hand because I find the animals fun to be around, but if they were difficult to care for, there would not be 12 billion of them no the planet.) I agree they can be more expensive and obnoxious to keep than a snake, but you can keep them outside which mitigates the issues and they are an awesome garbage disposal, mouse trap, and weedder/fertilizer for the lawn and garden all rolled into an egg factory that can live through the winter in northern climates.
As a Jason, it's downright disconcerting every time Clint looks into camera and gives orders to his Jason.
I think you are way wrong about snakes not being obnoxious. getting a 20 pound snake back into an enclosure is a suggestion at best. getting small hatchlings into a shipping container is a challenge. Measuring the length of any snake is tricky. If you ever have a small or midsized snake escape good luck finding it. I would put snakes at number 3. making the scores even more even.
Nice to know that birds are reptiles now😂 my brother has 2 birds and one of them is extremely attached to me I’d never personally own one I’ll stick to my lizards,snakes,and dogs
I've had all of these pets (other than crocodilians) at one time or another. And without question, for me, my tortoise has been my favorite. "Henri" is a Sulcata. When she arrived in the mail six years ago, she was about the size of a half dollar. Now, well, she's definitely bigger lol. The biggest issue with large tortoises is having the proper enclosure, with supplemental heat in the winter, and a fairly large grazing area. Totally worth it, though.
Just curious, when it comes to turtles that are more like tortoises, non-aquatic/semi-aquatic turtles, would they be considered tortoises or turtles in this scoring structure?
"If you're eaten by tortoise's you aren't safe anywhere" sound advice.
Dude, you’re so stinking funny. So many LOLs in this episode.
Such a great video idea! Loved it, and agree with the rankings. I am a proud reptile momma now with our first reptile, a juvenile bearded dragon! I did months of research before we were ready. Your videos were a huge part of that research. Thank you for all the great care advice. Our little boy, Phog, says thank you, too! 💚🐸🐢🦎🐍
The Aussie ‘danger, danger, danger’ at 0:48 killed me hahaha
Great video, lots of fun but I respectfully disagree. I ❤ me my 🐢. Most (not all of course) snakes eat rodents.....gross! In my world, which is full of dogs, cats, horses, chickens and tropical fish.....At my house REDFOOT TORTOISES FOR THE WIN! 🎉🏆
I can’t say for turtles/tortoises as iv never had one nor will I ever. But I have 1 Ackie Monitor. (She was picked up mostly because of your channel.) 1 European legless lizard. 1 Blue Tongue Skink. 2 Anoles. 1 Crested gecko. 4 snakes(all boas BCO and BCI). 2 Salamanders. 1 Quaker parrot. 4 Huskies. 1 Vietnamese giant centipede. And 35 Tarantulas. I’d agree with the list in the order you got. So many people tell me they want a bird the answer to 98% of you is no…. No you don’t. They are on a hole level of there own compared to most other animals to keep the correctly. Love the channel keep it up!!
I agree intellectually with the results. Emotionally, Im a lizard guy. My Cuban False Chameleons are the perfect pets. 😊
Personally, you really should have split up the birds into a few categories. Grouping them all together has far to dissimilar options grouped together. I'd have split at least raptors and terrestrial birds off...though Emu and Ostriches are some of the more common "pet" birds depending upon where you live because some places qualify them as exotic pets rather than livestock...and Emu's did defeat the Aussies in warfare.
I'd have probably, also, split monitors off of the rest of the lizards.
I've been extolling the virtues of snakes as pets since I got my sweet noodle- he has been a fantastic intro for people who were scared of snakes- to the point where (until my step mom stepped in) my Dad was cruising Morphmarket to see if someone jumped out at him (metaphorically) I honestly think a good chill noodle is a better first pet than perhaps all of the rodentia kids tend to get!
wow birds PLUMMETED after being 1st on the first part, tho to be fair they lost a lost because they live long, they are a lifestyle and are a bit fragile, but those are all things i LOVE about them!!!
My budgie is a lifestyle and i wouldn't change it anyday, i accept the results tho! Very happy for the tortoises pulling their weight!
so... using science and your rates on individual animals... Reptiles are the best pet group, Snakes are the best pet reptile, and the Corn snake is the best pet snake, so... using this, we can confirm that the best pet of all time is the Corn snake!!
"If you're eaten by tortoises you aren't safe anywhere"
Words to live by Clint
I was rooting for snakes the whole time woo! Snakes are easily the best for me so I was happy to see them perform well As much as I wanted birds to do well, they really are not great pets for most people. People underestimate the sheer amount of attention and time you have to devote not just to the bird itself, but also to the care. You’re talking hours every day. Factoring in things like lifestyle restrictions (no incense or Teflon!), costs (they are extremely expensive usually both to obtain and to care for), and living situation (rentals and whatnot) they are very difficult pets to keep. Probably the most rewarding on this whole list though
Please do Pigs
are they the best pet for you
Hello Clint! I love your channel. Can you please cover Sheltopusiks or Burton's legless lizard as best pet reptile?
This is a great video though i think you should do this again for 500k (which you WILL get!!!!) but with the categories weighted or a lot more categories. (also you always make me want a pet snake even though i am very scared of snakes) thank you so much for being an educational zoology channel im a teenager so still young but i cant believe kids can learn about animals like this now its so great i used to have to get books which i could only half read from the library to get any good info when i was a kid
I don't think I could ever keep reptiles and mostly because I can't mentally keep up with it like I could keep a dog alive because I know all the things a dog needs and even if I didn't a could probably ask a random person from the street how to take care of a dog and they could tell me pretty much everything I'd need to know and where to get everything and stuff and I know it wouldn't be hard necessarily to get everything for a reptile but I would always have anxiety that something might go wrong and if something did and It ended up injuring an animal I care about and having nobody who can really do much of anything to help just streses me out to much especially when even a lot of vets don't even know anything about how to help its just to much
Sankes for the win! To be fair they are easy as heck. Ive never personally owned a snake (i've pet sat boas and ball pythons) but was still left in charge of an unsocialised juvenile anaconda and never so much as got struck at with my basic snake know how. The only thing i was unsure of was water changes and the owner returned for that anyway.
Birds are so high maintenance. Many species are also very social. My brother’s bird has learned to bark. If he doesn’t hear human voices for a while he will start barking to get the dogs’ attention. He was also a rescue and used to cuss my brother out… 😂
Tbh I would have changed the availability score in the previous video, which would have put turtles at number 1. I absolutely love snakes, but most pet stores I go to to don’t have them. But every animal selling pet store I go to has birds and some varieties as well, so tbh idk how snakes won that one, might just be the case because we live in different countries. But I agreed with almost all the rest and I do kinda agree with snakes being the best reptiles to keep